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Cristalino II State Park
The Cristalino II State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual Cristalino II) is a state park in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. It protects an area of savanna and rainforest that is rich in biodiversity. Parts of the park have been invaded by loggers, squatters and cattle ranchers, often supported by local and state politicians. Location The Cristalino II State Park is in the municipality of Novo Mundo, Mato Grosso. It has an area of . The park is in the north of Mato Grosso and adjoins the border with the state of Pará in its eastern section and the Cristalino State Park in the western section. The southwest corner of the park is bounded by the Teles Pires or São Manuel River. The Serra Rochedo is the source of many pure and crystalline springs of water, for which the park is named. Vegetation includes savanna, seasonal forest, rainforest and transitional forest. The region is rich in biodiversity, with 850 species of birds recorded of which 50 are endemic, 43 species of reptiles, 29 of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novo Mundo, Mato Grosso
''Novo'' is a 2002 French romantic comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Limosin and starring Eduardo Noriega. The film tells the story of a man who suffers from amnesia. It screened at the Locarno Film Festival. Plot Graham suffers from severe amnesia and cannot remember what he has done hours after he has done it. Consequently, he must write everything down; who he knows, where he should be, even where he works. His boss takes advantage of his disability and manipulates him into having sex with her. Graham meets a temp called Irène and begins a relationship with her, which is difficult as he never remembers who she is. To help him remember, Irène writes her name on his chest with a marker pen. A little boy called Antoine is frequently seen in the same places Graham happens to be. Graham doesn't notice this due to his condition, but it is clear to the viewer that the child is of significance. Through the machinations of his boss, Graham's notebook is stolen by Fred, Graham's fri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Park (Brazil)
A state park ( pt, Parque Estadual) in Brazil is a legally defined type of protected area operated by one of the states. Their goal is to preserve important or beautiful natural ecosystems. Public access is allowed subject to regulations defined by the responsible agency. Definition State parks fall under the same regulations as national parks, defined by law 9.985 of July 2000. The park's basic objective is preservation of natural ecosystems of great ecological relevance and scenic beauty. This enables the conduct of scientific research and the development of educational activities and environmental interpretation, recreation in contact with nature and eco tourism. The park is publicly owned, and private areas included in its limits will be expropriated when it is established. Public visitation is subject to the rules and restrictions set out in Unit Management Plan, rules established by the body responsible for its administration, and those provided for by regulation. Scientific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mato Grosso
Mato Grosso ( – lit. "Thick Bush") is one of the states of Brazil, the third largest by area, located in the Central-West region. The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 1.9% of the Brazilian GDP. Neighboring states (from west clockwise) are: Rondônia, Amazonas, Pará, Tocantins, Goiás and Mato Grosso do Sul. The state is roughly 82.2% of the size of its southwest neighbor, the nation of Bolivia. A state with a flat landscape that alternates between vast ''chapadas'' and plain areas, Mato Grosso contains three main ecosystems: the Cerrado, the Pantanal and the Amazon rainforest. The Chapada dos Guimarães National Park, with caves, grottoes, tracks, and waterfalls, is one of its tourist attractions. The extreme northwest of the state has a small part of the Amazonian forest. The Xingu Indigenous Park and the Araguaia River are in Mato Grosso. Farther south, the Pantanal, the world's largest wetland, is the habitat for nearly one thousand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novo Mundo
Novo Mundo is a municipality in the state of Mato Grosso in the Central-West Region of Brazil. The municipality contains most of the Cristalino State Park, created in 2001. The municipality contains the Cristalino II State Park, created in 2001. See also *List of municipalities in Mato Grosso This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Mato Grosso (MT), located in the Central-West Region of Brazil. Mato Grosso is divided into 141 municipalities, which are grouped into 22 microregions, which are grouped into 5 mesoregions. ... References Municipalities in Mato Grosso {{MatoGrosso-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pará
Pará is a Federative units of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins (state), Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest are the borders of Guyana and Suriname, to the northeast of Pará is the Atlantic Ocean. The capital and largest city is Belém, which is located at the mouth of the Amazon. The state, which is home to 4.1% of the Brazilian population, is responsible for just 2.2% of the Brazilian GDP. Pará is the most populous state of the North Region, Brazil, North Region, with a population of over 8.6 million, being the ninth-most populous state in Brazil. It is the second-largest state of Brazil in area, at , second only to Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas upriver. Its most famous icons are the Amazon River and the Amazon Rainforest. Pará produces Natural rubber, rubber (extracted from natural rubber tree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristalino State Park
The Cristalino State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual do Cristalino) is a state park in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Location The Cristalino State Park is in the municipalities of Alta Floresta and Novo Mundo in the extreme north of Mato Grosso, between the Teles Pires river and the border with the state of Pará. The park covers an area of about . Most of the park is in Novo Mundo but part of the extreme west of the park is in Alta Floresta. Its shape is roughly rectangular, extending east-west and north-south. The park is on the border of the "arc of deforestation" in the Amazon rainforest. In the north it borders the Brazilian Airforce base in Pará, which contains a large area of native vegetation. The state park is surrounded by farms to the west, east and south. The Cristalino River enters the park from Pará to the north, then flows westward through the park below the Pará border before turning south and flowing to the Teles Pires in the southwest. The Serra do Mateiro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teles Pires
The Teles Pires ( pt, Rio São Manuel) is a long river in Brazil. The river flows through the state of Mato Grosso and its lower part marks the border between the states of Mato Grosso and Pará. At its mouth it joins Juruena River and together they form the Tapajós, which is one of the biggest tributaries of the Amazon River. The most important settlement along the river is Alta Floresta. One writer says that it was originally called the Paranatinga, and was renamed after Captain Telles Pires who died exploring the river in 1889. Several dams are planned on the river in the "Hidrovia Tapajos/Teles Pires" project to create a navigable waterway connecting the interior of Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean. The waterway will consist of five dams on the Teles Pires river ( Magessi Dam, Sinop Dam, Colíder Dam, Teles Pires Dam, Sao Manoel Dam) and the Foz do Apiacas Dam on the Apiacas river. The Colíder Dam and the Teles Pires Dam The Teles Pires Dam is a Run-of-the-river hydro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alta Floresta
Alta Floresta (Portuguese for "High Forest") is a municipality in Mato Grosso, Brazil. It is located at around . The municipality is served by Piloto Osvaldo Marques Dias Airport. The municipality contains a small part of the Cristalino State Park The Cristalino State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual do Cristalino) is a state park in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Location The Cristalino State Park is in the municipalities of Alta Floresta and Novo Mundo in the extreme north of Mato Grosso ..., created in 2001. References External links * *Tour Guide to Alta Floresta Municipalities in Mato Grosso {{matoGrosso-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dante De Oliveira
Dante Alighieri (; – 14 September 1321), probably baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and often referred to as Dante (, ), was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', originally called (modern Italian: ''Commedia'') and later christened by Giovanni Boccaccio, is widely considered one of the most important poems of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language. Dante is known for establishing the use of the vernacular in literature at a time when most poetry was written in Latin, which was accessible only to the most educated readers. His ''De vulgari eloquentia'' (''On Eloquence in the Vernacular'') was one of the first scholarly defenses of the vernacular. His use of the Florentine dialect for works such as '' The New Life'' (1295) and ''Divine Comedy'' helped establish the modern-day standardized Italian language. His work set a precedent that important Italian writers such as Petrarch and Boccaccio would later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Instituto Nacional De Colonização E Reforma Agrária
The Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária - INCRA (''National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform'') is a federal government authority of the public administration of Brazil. INCRA administers the land reform issues. Its headquarters is at in the federal capital of Brasília Brasília (; ) is the federal capital of Brazil and seat of government of the Federal District. The city is located at the top of the Brazilian highlands in the country's Central-West region. It was founded by President Juscelino Kubitsche .... External links * * * Government agencies of Brazil Land reform Executive branch of Brazil Government agencies established in 1970 1970 establishments in Brazil {{Brazil-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Institute Of Environment And Renewable Natural Resources
Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources ( pt, Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis, IBAMA) is the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment's administrative arm. IBAMA supports anti-deforestation of the Amazon, and implements laws against deforestation where the government ceases to implement. IBAMA works to keep the forest from loggers, farming, agricultural farm grazing and anything that would threaten the Amazon. Spix's macaw Among IBAMA's diverse environmental and natural resources activities, it manages The Working Group for the Recovery of the Spix's macaw and the associated ''Ararinha Azul'' project for conserving one of the rarest birds in the world. However the last Spix's macaw living in the wilderness disappeared in 2000 and the species became extinct in the wild. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nhandu River
''Nhandu'' is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by S. Lucas in 1983. ''Brazilopelma'' was synonymized with it in 2001. Diagnosis They can be distinguished by the lack of stridulating organs, extension of the scopula on the metatarsus. They can also further be distinguished by the lack of spurs on the males and the palpal bulb with short embolus. Females also own a distinct spermatheca morphology. Species it contains five species, found in Paraguay and Brazil: *''Nhandu carapoensis'' Lucas, 1983 ( type) – Brazil, Paraguay *''Nhandu cerradensis'' Bertani, 2001 – Brazil *''Nhandu chromatus'' Schmidt, 2004 – Brazil *''Nhandu coloratovillosus'' (Schmidt, 1998) – Brazil *''Nhandu tripepii'' (Dresco, 1984) – Brazil In synonymy * ''Nhandu tripartitus'' Schmidt, 1997 = ''Nhandu carapoensis'' * ''Nhandu vulpinus'' (Schmidt, 1998) = ''Nhandu tripepii'' See also * List of Theraphosidae species This page lists all described genera and species ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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